Another great piece from The Cat on the cartoon Thatcherite Daniel Hannan. His inability to see the flaws and history of his own side of the argument is something to behold. If you ever buy an illustrated dictionary I’m quite sure they’ll be a photo of Hannan next to the entry for ‘myopia’……

Ed Miliband’s speech was such a roaring success with Tory hacks that even the Lyin’ King has pitched in. But remember, this is Hannan were talking about, so he has to get in a swipe at what he believes to be socialism even if it isn’t socialism. It’s in his nature. So it comes as no surprise when we find that, like an incontinent, he can’t stop himself from repeating his claim that Labour (and by implication the Left, generally) has a monopoly on “hate”. He dribbles,

Britain has historically been fortunate in the temper of its Left-wing party. You don’t have to look far to find socialist movements rooted in envy, authoritarianism and bloodthirstiness.

Here, Hannan’s understanding of Britain’s Left-wing parties is woeful. Like so many Tories he can only see one party, the Labour Party. He also repeats the by now familiar canard that the Left’s politics are “rooted in…